List and describe the stages of a conflict episode

What will be an ideal response?


• Pondy espouses five stages of a conflict episode.
• The latent conflict stage occurs when the conditions that are the underlying sources of the conflict are present.
• The perceived conflict stage occurs when at least one of the two parties recognize that a conflict situation exists.
• The felt conflict stage occurs when a party personalizes the conflict situation.
• The manifest conflict stage is characterized by overt or covert behavior to bring out the conflict.
• And in the conflict aftermath stage, if the antecedent conditions (competition for scarce resources, drives for autonomy, and divergent subunit goals) are dealt with in a satisfactory manner, the conflict will dissolve.

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